Revision History – 2013

This will completely reinstall version 2013 of Mailware. Please be sure to backup your data before running.

What’s New in Mailware 2013

Feature Announcement #1

Point of Sale (POS)

Now you can use Mailware for your online stores, your phone orders and your retail outlets. Our point of sale system has been greatly enhanced to manage your cash drawer, support bar code scanners, streamline order entry, charge cards and print receipts, manage inventory intelligently and more.

Benefits: One system for all your channels, including retail. All your inventory is controlled by one system, orders are in one place and you can run totals and reports for everything in Mailware.

Feature Announcement #2

Customize Fields

Specify fields for individual products that you can update at order entry. Great for personalizing items, monograms, messages and more.

Benefits: Discrete, individual fields for item specific data. Use to specify details and because fields are separate you can run reports, export to a file and sort.

2013 Revision History

v1314.6.1309 01/26/2015http://www.core-tech.com/pub/MCM1314-6-1309.zip1. Changed ebay import to use PaidTime element for PaymentDt and ApprovalDt
2. Changed order creation to set ScheduleDt to imported PaymentDt, if used
3. Changed order creation to set ApprovalDt to imported ApprovalDt, if used

1. Added inventory and price upload for ebay
2. Changed ebay SKU match when importing orders to use both ItemID and SKU

v1315 09/20/2013http://www.core-tech.com/pub/Mailware1315.zip1. Added the ability to use multiple fields in the default setup*2. Added the ability to customize subproducts
3. Added 10 additional customization fields, which can be edited as a separate set
4. Added checkbox option to the customization field setup (with new data type field)
5. Added fields to store the number of populated customization fields for each set, and a total
6. Added a panel to show the number of remaining characters when entering a customization
7. Fixed error when updating database

*This is setting up the field default on the customization setup screen. It still drops down a list of fields like before, and just selecting a single field still works so it is compatible with existing customize setups you may have. However, you can now combine fields and/or plain text by using brackets around the field names. So “[Billing First Name] [Billing Last Name]” would show “John Doe”. You can also use plain text, so “Name: [Billing First Name]” would be “Name: John”. The field names aren’t required, so you can use it to default to a fixed value. If it’s a checkbox, using a default value of “True” will check the box by default.

Also, not mentioned specifically in the change notes: the new customize fields were added to the manual standard import (Process Orders screen) so you can import orders from a csv file for example including up to 20 customize fields.

v1310 03/14/2012 1. Added kit item creation when the kit master is added as a backorder 2. Fixed error when deleting kit master that is in backorder 3. Added supplier cost to drop ship POs created from order screen 4. Added ability to use fractional discounts on order screen 5. Changed process orders to not fill backorders if order is on hold 6. Added Name field to order product search grid and customized layout 7. Fixed possible error if order item change temp table still exists when dialog opened 8. Fixed Sears channel not showing on channel setup 9. Added PayPal payment type 10. Updated credit card validation on payment screen. 11. Added highlight to order notes and PO tab when note has been entered. 12. Added last updated field to product screen. 13. Fixed todaysdate parameter not being set when refreshing backorders

Added company to source key screen and sets company in order when selected

Setting up customizations:

Go to the product screen, at the bottom of the first tab is the customize button and a dropdown with a setup button next to it. Click on the setup button.

Create a new customization by clicking the add button and entering in field names, length, and the default field if applicable. (The default field will pull information from the customer and/or order when the customization is opened.)

Save the customization and close the forms. You can now select that customization on the product form. Do that and save the product.

Go to an order and add the product you just customized. Then click on the customize button to bring up the customization screen. (This should probably happen automatically when adding a new item, but get some input from the customer on when the best time to do this is.) Enter customization data. Field defaults should already be entered, if the field has a value in the customer/order.

Setting up source key companies:

Open the source key setup screen, on the second tab there is a dropdown to assign the company and a setup button. This works identically to the operator screen.

Select the source key in the order. If a company is assigned, the current company will be overwritten. It does not blank out the company if no company is assigned to that source key, because it may have been set manually or automatically from the operator or another process.

v1303 11/21/2012

Changed payment dialog to start on CardNo field for credit card payments.

Added TenderedAmt and ChangeAmt fields to payment table.

Added Tendered and Change to payment dialog for cash payments.

Added prompt for confirmation if cash tendered is less than amount.

Added change calculation when cash drawer opened.

Added move to Tendered field when cash pay method is selected.

Added cash payment locked after approval (on drawer open).

Fixed Customer and Location settings on POS tab.

Fixed operator invoice report setup.

v1301

Added POS preferences tab

Added drawer open button to cash payment dialog

Added ability to parse swiped credit card on payment dialog

Added ability to set POS customer

Added ability to set up as POS workstation

Added ability to set POS location

Changed order form to start on order screen when taking POS order

Changed order form to show Sale instead of Order for POS orders

Added IsPOS field to OrderDet table

Multi Channel Manager (MCM)

We have added several new carts and updated a few. Plus, the MCM can be easily updated to work with any MySQL, SQL Server, XML or .csv cart. Don’t see your cart in the list? Just ask.

The MCM runs on your desktop and communicates directly with all your channels – no 3rd party hosting required. It automatically: